Chris Lane killing: newspaper alleges second shooting

Los Angeles: New evidence of a second shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma, just hours before Australian baseballer Chris Lane was gunned down may foil a defence argument the killing was an accident.

One of the three boys charged with Lane's murder, 16-year-old James Edwards, told a preliminary hearing in Duncan earlier this month his co-accused thought the .22-calibre revolver that fired the fatal bullet into Lane's back was loaded with blanks.

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Lane was jogging along a Duncan street just before 3pm on August 16 when authorities allege a car driven by Michael Jones, 18, and with Edwards and Luna as passengers, came up behind the Australian and Luna fired the single shot into his back.